Jijiexian

When he saw the port city of Fengcheng for the first time, Fujimine felt great disappointment—it was so dirty, whether it was people or things, the wharf seemed to be crowded with everything that looked dilapidated and dirty. thing.

As soon as the boat docked, countless beggars swarmed in. These people blocked the disembarkation port, and they would never disperse until the soldiers maintaining order at the dock came to drive them away.Their hair was matted like wheatbread, and their rags were as dirty as if they could boil oil.

Topless men and barefooted women, as well as the children they were holding, kept yelling at the boat, and many people simply sat cross-legged under the shack on one side, sitting on the muddy ground.According to a boatman, these people stay here all day long, just waiting for some odd jobs to be done when someone needs them, such as moving away the goods that the truck can't finish, and carrying some people who don't want to step on the mud. women or children, of course, only the clean ones have this chance.What the other guys like most is to carry dead people - there are always dangers when going out of the boat, and every boat will pick up two drowned guys. food for a few days.

Between the big boats at the pier, countless small boats shuttled back and forth. Those small boats were designed to serve the boatmen who stayed on board and could not go ashore. Some sold things, needlework, food, cloth, and some simply carried a few women or young boy.

There are many people selling food coming and going, but Fujimine can't smell even a trace of the aroma of food. On the contrary, his nose is filled with the smell of rotting garbage. Countless mosquitoes and flies are flying back and forth, but those people seem to be used to it From time to time, I slapped my body twice with my hands, and each slap produced a pool of dirty red, but the mosquitoes rolled into a ball and refused to disperse at all.

The boatmen of the Bai family had long been accustomed to all this. They no longer wore their upper bodies like when they were sailing, but put on long-sleeved leather jackets, and yelled loudly back and forth with the people who came to pick up the boat from the shore.

An old man with beard and hair had been waiting for them on the shore for a long time.

Seeing that Bai Li pulled a cable and jumped off the boat, Tengfeng ran towards the old man and said loudly: "Grandma! I found a good thing." From the eyes that they looked over from time to time, Tengfeng Understand that they should be talking about themselves.

There is not even a plank road to board the boat on the pier. The boatmen set up a springboard. It was the first time for Fujimine to walk on it, and he almost fell into the water.Fortunately, the boatman behind him supported him in time and sent him to the shore.Then they had to hike through the stinky mud to the shore, where hundreds of hungry people were huddled together waiting for them.

There are a lot of clouds in the sky, which will cover the sun from time to time, and weeds grow all over the tidal flats around the pier.

A group of skinny men ran to the front of Fuji Peak with a huge wooden frame on their backs, and it seemed that they were going to use this thing to carry them across the mudflat to the city.

After negotiating the price, Bai Li, Father Bai, and the accountant on the boat sat on the backs of those people one by one.These people were still dirty, but the wooden frame they carried was wiped clean, and Fujimine couldn't help thinking that maybe these people were not as valuable as these wooden frames.

The one carrying Tengfeng was a thin and small boy, who was older than Tengfeng. He silently squatted down in front of Tengfeng, waiting for Tengfeng to sit on the wooden frame on his back.He was very thin, and Fujimine could barely see his body. After he stood up, the wooden frame drifted forward unsteadily, as if he had been blown by the gust of wind just now.

After walking for a while, Fujimine heard panting from below, which seemed to be louder than all the surrounding noises.

"We have arrived."

The voice from the front suddenly came over, making Fujimine feel depressed for an instant, and he didn't dare to spend more time on these irrelevant things. Now is not the time to pity others.

The boy tremblingly put Tengfeng down, took the money, bowed his head and walked away, carrying his huge wooden frame on his back.

As soon as he left, an old man in a white robe stood in front of Tengfeng. Although this man looked very old, he looked full of energy. Standing there was still very powerful, and his skin was tanned and oily. , It's just that the hair is all gray.

"A Li, is this the child you brought back?"

"Well, it's him, but he hardly remembers anything." Bai Li also walked over.

Father Bai put away his smile, squatted down, pinched Tengfeng's face, then patted Tengfeng twice, raised his eyebrows, "It's thin and tender." Suddenly, with a strong force, Tengfeng pulled back. Turning around, he compared his hands to his shoulders, touched the bones of the limbs, and continued to talk to himself: "The bones are very well-proportioned, and I can hold a sword and draw a bow in the future. Well, they are a little skinny. Legs? Shorter, is this kid from the south?"

"I don't know, but the accent seems to be from the north. You don't know, his handwriting is very good, and his parents may be believers of the Xushi sect." Bai Li said hastily.

"It's so strange to be able to write. People in our Bai family can't write. In my opinion, Xu Shi's gang is a bunch of liars."

"Uh."

Bai Li simply shut up, he knew that his uncle had always believed in Yuan Chu, arguing with the elders about this would not lead to good results.

"What do you mean he doesn't remember anything?" Papa Bai asked again.

"He doesn't remember his name, his parents, where he came from, and almost everything. I speculate that his home should be near Chen Guo, but if there is no news anywhere..."

Father Bai was obviously dissatisfied with Bai Li's words, but he didn't express much. They stayed in a small inn in Fengcheng, and their group almost filled the place.The boatman who left the Bai family kept coming to say goodbye, bringing salted fish and wine. It is said that the farewell banquet lasted until the middle of the night. Fujimine had nothing to do and was too sleepy, so he fell asleep.

Outside the inn is the market at the pier, which is noisy all day long, but Fujimine just listened to those voices and slowly fell asleep.In a trance, he returned to the valley of the Northland. He also dreamed of his father, mother and his brothers, but unfortunately, he couldn't see the faces of any of them clearly.

On the other side of Tengfeng's room, Bai Li took out the clothes that Tengfeng was wearing when he was rescued on the boat in front of Father Bai, and described the incident in detail.